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Peer reviewedLerner, R. M.; von Eye, A. – Human Development, 1993
Rebuts the Burgess and Molenaar commentary in this issue on the authors' paper concerning sociobiology and human development, maintaining that genes (nature) cannot usefully be construed as independent of the coactional developmental system of which they are a part. (BB)
Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, Individual Development, Nature Nurture Controversy
Peer reviewedBurgess, R. L.; Molenaar, P. C. M. – Human Development, 1993
Comments on an earlier paper by Lerner and von Eye on sociobiology and human development; general theory in science, especially evolutionary theory; adaptation and behavior plasticity; and modern behavior genetics. Examines assertion that "heritability says nothing about the extent to which a trait is commonly inherited." Discusses…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Evolution, Heredity, Individual Development
